Reliquary by Douglas Preston and Lincoln child. Suspense. Enjoying it so far. It’s the sequel to The Relic, and I’m liking this book a bit more than the first.

I have just finished the first three of Dennis E Taylor’s Bobiverse books over the last week and a half or so. It is a long time since I have read anything so rapidly: they are very compelling. However, since they form a natural trilogy, I have taken a break before Heaven’s River and gone to the second of Martha Wells Murderbot series Artificial Condition. I have only just started this one, but thoroughly enjoyed All Systems Red.

I am also reading The Inimitable Jeeves by P G Wodehouse. I do enjoy Wodehouse as a rule, but this one is extremely episodic - to the point where it feels that it should have been a collections of shorts - and is not one of his best. I picked this up since Joy in the Morning was not to hand at the time, which I have read decades ago, and was planning to re-read. JitM is one of his best.

With the bobiverse being so compelling, I have taken a break from Robert Brightwell’s Flashman’s Waterloo - one of his prequel series to George MacDonald Frasier’s Flashman series - although I certainly will be returning soon since it is as solidly researched and entertaining as the GMF originals.

And then I am continuing with my read-across-the-year of Finnegans Wake which is proving as fascinatingly incomprehensible as ever - although the latest chapter is perhaps less impenetrable than some - and its connection to Egyptian myth and the Book of the Dead are a little clearer here.

The Waves by Virginia Woolf.

Not sure there is a genre for this, stream of consciousness.

I love the writing. It is fairly unstructured and confusing. So I’d only recommend it to more adventurous or experienced readers.

Lots of graphic novels and manga, once done with that I have a nice gardening book to look forward to:

• Home after Dark by David Small

• Kuusama by Elisa Macellari

• The Climber by Shinichi Sakamoto

Foundation by Isaac Asimov for the sixth time. After watching the series. It’s science fiction. One of my favorite books. The concept of psycohistory is so interesting, civilization following certain paths.